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> Our 12-year-old recently tried to make himself "cheese on toast" by putting both cheese and uncooked bread into the (almost brand new, upright) toaster. Aaarg
by ajross 4y ago
> Our 12-year-old recently tried to make himself "cheese on toast" by putting both cheese and uncooked bread into the (almost brand new, upright) toaster. Aaargh!
I know it's tempting to blame modern technological monstrosities for this nonsense, but kids were lighting toasters on fire before the internet.
Source: lit a toaster on fire, prior to the January 1983 IPv4 migration on the ARPANET (and long before I knew what any of that meant).
- framapotari 4y agoI don't think anyone was blaming modern technology, or anything specific, for this nonsense?
- undersuit 4y agoThe "cheese on toast" anecdote was told in response to someone blaming modern technology for "outright faking craft and cooking tips". Contextually I gathered that modern technology might be part of the conversation.
- framapotari 4y agoThat's one way to read it, but it might just be a related anecdote that the poster wanted to share. Without any explicit mention of blaming modern technology I don't think it's fair to make the assumption that the text is doing that. Just because you respond to something doesn't mean you are either refuting it or agreeing with it.